L'Assommoir on The Mysteries of Paris: “He had "The History of Ten Years" by Louis Blanc (except for the first volume), Lamartine's "The Girondins" in installments, "The Mysteries of Paris" and "The Wandering Jew" by Eugene Sue, and a quantity of booklets on philosophic and humanitarian subjects picked up from used book dealers.”
Sentimental Education on The Mysteries of Paris: “He wanted to learn the shoe-trick, in order to visit the thieves' taverns of the city, like Rodolphe in the _Mysteries of Paris_”
On the Road on The Mysteries of Paris: “Out of his seabag he fished a copy of Eugene Sue's Mysteries of Paris and, adjusting the front of his T-shirt, began reading on the street corner with a pedantic air.”
The Comedians on The Mysteries of Paris: “"There were Les Misérables in three volumes, Les Mystères de Paris with the last volume missing..." — described on Brown's family library shelves.”
Nights of Plague on The Mysteries of Paris: “did not appreciate melodramatic coincidences in his detective novels (such as in Eugène Sue's The Mysteries of Paris)”
L'Assommoir on The Wandering Jew: “He had "The History of Ten Years" by Louis Blanc (except for the first volume), Lamartine's "The Girondins" in installments, "The Mysteries of Paris" and "The Wandering Jew" by Eugene Sue, and a quantity of booklets on philosophic and humanitarian subjects picked up from used book dealers.”
Lost Illusions on The Wandering Jew: “Sechard sorted all the remnants of paper which she found, and printed old popular legends in double columns upon a single sheet, such as peasants paste on their walls, the histories of _The Wandering Jew_, _Robert the Devil_, _La Belle Maguelonne_ and sundry miracles.”